Washington Nationals (0-0) vs St. Louis Cardinals (0-0)
8:08 PM EDT – Busch Stadium –  TBS
RHP Anibal Sanchez (11-8, 3.85) vs RHP Miles Mikolas (9-14, 4.16)

Both the Nationals and Cardinals went the full five games in the division series to meet in the National League Championship Series. The Nationals are playing in the NLCS for the first time in franchise history.

The Nationals have decided to leave right-hander Hunter Strickland off the roster and Daniel Hudson is on paternity leave. MLB approved the minimum of one-day and max of three-days paternity leave for Hudson, his replacement on the roster is right-hander Wander Suero. Here is the Cardinals roster.

Nationals Lineup 

  1. Trea Turner – SS
  2. Adam Eaton – RF
  3. Anthony Rendon – 3B
  4. Juan Soto – LF
  5. Howie Kendrick – 2B
  6. Ryan Zimmerman – 1B
  7. Michael Taylor – CF
  8. Yan Gomes – C
  9. Anibal Sanchez – RHP

Cardinals Lineup

  1. Dexter Fowler – CF
  2. Kolten Wong – 2B
  3. Paul Goldschmidt – 1B
  4. Marcell Ozuna – LF
  5. Yadier Molina – C
  6. Matt Carpenter – 3B
  7. Tommy Edman – RF
  8. Paul DeJong – SS
  9. Miles Mikolas – RHP

Here’s the umpire lineup for the NLCS.